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A closely watched provision that would halt the December mandate on electronic logging devices for trucks will reach the floor of the House as early as Sept. 6.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has opened its first office in California’s Silicon Valley to connect with automakers and technology firms.

Dana Inc. announced Matthew Fahnestock joined the company as chief information officer. He will oversee the development and implementation of Dana’s enterprise-wide information technology strategy.

Trailer manufacturer Trail King Industries appointed Joe Kolb as its next president, whose responsibility will be day-to-day operations of the company.

Orange EV announced one of its all-electric Class 8 yard trucks is now operating at The Anderson-DuBose Co. to move trailers used in its McDonald’s distribution network.

The new store, opened by Kenworth of Louisiana, is located in Alexandria, La., and builds on a network of TRP stores that began in 2013 in Europe, the United Kingdom and in Mexico, according to the Renton, Wash.-based company.

A small House committee meeting Sept. 5 will determine whether to advance to the chamber’s floor an amendment that would deny funding for the implementation of a December mandate on electronic logging devices.

SAF-Holland said it will invest about $4 million in its Dumas, Ark., facility for additional manufacturing and warehousing space, paint line, robotic welding cells and other new technology and equipment as it builds its capacities in axle and suspension systems in the Americas.